[image by Songbirdnest]
Over the last couple of weeks, we have had a bad time of it in terms of receiving permission from bands to record. Obviously, we respect the artist’s request to refrain from recording their performance, but nevertheless its pretty frustrating. On February 28, we had excellent seats for the Grizzly Bear special show at BAM, but their management asked us not to record. The following day, unauthorized poor quality recordings were all over the web and we were incredibly disappointed that such a show was archived and circulated in such a manner [edit: we just received a friendly email from the band that informed us that it was a venue issue and not the band’s decision].
Later that week, Dan Auerbach’s management denied a request to capture his Bowery show, despite the fact that The Black Keys permit open taping. That was a bit of a head-scratcher. And finally, a few days ago we received word that Throbbing Gristle does not want their first NYC show ever archived — we are not permitted to record the Masonic Temple show.
A large part of the frustration of such rejection is the fear that this site has not gotten its message across to the bands — that somehow we’re still stigmatized by the very old idea that tapers are “bootleggers”.
Ultimately, the good news is that the rejections are still the exception — the vast majority of artists that we approach do accept and understand the positive aspects of what nyctaper does for the bands and fans.
And in the spirit of soldiering on, we have added some new shows to the list below.
Upcoming Shows:
Monks of Doom:
March 12 -and- March 13, 2009 Europa Brooklyn
Crystal Stilts/Women/Blank Dogs: (correspondent)
March 14, 2009 Music Hall of Williamsburg
John Darnielle / John Vanderslice:
March 27, 2009 Ethical Culture Concert Hall (Wordless) NYC
-and-
Neil Halstead: (we need a correspondent for this show – list/early entry is available!)
March 27, 2009 Union Hall Brooklyn
Akron/Family:
March 28, 2009 Union Pool Brooklyn
Cowboy Junkies:
April 2, 2009 City Winery NYC
Langhorne Slim:
April 3, 2009 Bell House Brooklyn
North Mississippi All-Stars:
April 9, 2009 Highline Ballroom NYC
Of Montreal:
April 15, 2009 (correspondent) -and-
April 16, 2009
April 17, 2009 (correspondent or nyctaper) Music Hall of Williamsburg
-and/or-
Dead Milkmen:
April 17, 2009 Warsaw Brooklyn
Animal Collective:
May 13, 2009 Terminal 5 NYC
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down:
May 14, 2009 Bowery Ballroom NYC
NYC Popfest 2009:
May 15-17, Multiple Venues
Iron and Wine:
May 17 and May 18, 2009 Abrons Art Center NYC
Decemberists:
June 10, 2009 Radio City Music Hall NYC
Thunder Power / El Jezel / Coyote Eyes (and more):
June 19, 2009 NYCTaper Presents – Venue TBA
Oneida:
July 10, 2009 Maxwell’s Hoboken NJ
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